Re: Alternative Syntax for Regular Expressions?

vannoord@let.rug.nl
12 Oct 2001 00:20:02 -0400

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From: vannoord@let.rug.nl
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 12 Oct 2001 00:20:02 -0400
Organization: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
References: 01-10-029
Keywords: lex
Posted-Date: 12 Oct 2001 00:20:02 EDT

Jon Forrest <forrest@ce.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> maybe there are some alternatives to classic regular expression
> syntax out there.


In natural language processing, the people from Xerox have initiated
work in much more powerful regular expression notations. It's perhaps
not what you are looking for (it's strictly finite-state, so no
`capturing' extensions). Cf. the following links:
http://www.rxrc.xerox.com/research/mltt/fst/
http://www.let.rug.nl/~vannoord/Fsa [and links from there]


Gertjan
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